[William Terrell]

Tell me why, do you think, the founding fathers didn't put the following in Article 1 Section 8:

The Congress shall have Power To. . .regulate, or prohibit from Individual Use, any Substance, Item or Activity duly considered to be detrimental to the People of the United States.

[robertpaulsen]

"Tell me why, do you think, the founding fathers didn't put the following in Article 1 Section 8: The Congress shall have Power To. . .regulate, or prohibit from Individual Use, any Substance, Item or Activity duly considered to be detrimental to the People of the United States."

They did. Let's break down your sentence.

"To. . .regulate, or prohibit". Hmmmm. "Regulate" includes "prohibit, so that's redundant.

"any Substance, Item or Activity". Well, that's "commerce".

"to the People". That would be "among".

"of the United States". That's "the several states".

So now, what do we have? "The Congress shall have the power to regulate commerce among the several states"

There you go.